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Recent Examples of pothole
When the permafrost under airstrips melted, the pavement buckled, and the resulting potholes could damage landing gear.
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Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
The roads are full of litter and potholes, with raw sewage and piles of uncollected garbage posing a health risk.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
The cost of salting roads in the winter and fixing potholes is more expensive when there is inflation.
—Michael D. Belsky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
Business failures, homes being foreclosed because of an unaffordable tax burden, vehicles being damaged by unfilled potholes and higher crime due to police cuts are all potential consequences of having to fix a budget deficit.
—Michael D. Belsky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
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Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
The roads are full of litter and potholes, with raw sewage and piles of uncollected garbage posing a health risk.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
The cost of salting roads in the winter and fixing potholes is more expensive when there is inflation.
—Michael D. Belsky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
Business failures, homes being foreclosed because of an unaffordable tax burden, vehicles being damaged by unfilled potholes and higher crime due to police cuts are all potential consequences of having to fix a budget deficit.
—Michael D. Belsky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
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Their habitats, known as gallery forests, border rivers in the Amazon basin that are seasonally flooded, creating flora adapted to the constant washing in of nutrients from river waters.Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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Tips and Tricks for Washing Delicate China Line the Sink To prevent breakage, chipping, and other damage when washing fine china by hand, consider placing a dish towel in the basin of your sink to serve as a padded liner.Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Dec. 2024
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Insurers can use their unique insights into risk to shape effective policies, including stronger building codes, floodplain management, and cutting carbon pollution, all of which prevent or reduce losses from extreme weather events.Mindy Lubber, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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The 1,600-acre former floodplain is great for hiking and birdwatching: Keep an eye out for sandhill cranes and neotropical migratory songbirds, nonprofit conservation group River Partners notes.Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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If that's not an option, either crouch down inside your car while protecting your head or leave the vehicle and take cover in a low-lying area such as a ditch or ravine.David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Then their decayed remains began to turn up in the dense national forest that surrounds Placerville, dumped behind rocks or deep in ravines veiled by towering pines.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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The monument will begin at Painted Canyon near the eastern edge of the Coachella Valley, where rocky hills and canyon walls are washed in light pink, red, gray, brown and green hues.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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The 3-mile out and back hike is moderate, climbing 300 feet over a ridge before descending into a desert canyon, which directs water into an oasis that supports surprisingly lush flora, including the eponymous palm trees.Graham Averill, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
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In 2025, the revenue generated in the electric kettles market in the U.S. amounts to $317.5 million, and the market is projected to experience an annual growth rate of 4.28 percent from 2025 to 2029, per Statista.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Whistling Tea Kettle with Gold Finishes This whistling tea kettle is equal parts stylish and functional.Emily Weaver, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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This adorable and affordable rocking horse ($65) is cleverly designed a saddle, bridle and even little stirups.Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The three brass saddles are gone, replaced by six (again Strat-style) chromed brass block saddles – so that in-betweeny vintage Tele intonation is replaced with individual-string precision.New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
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One day the plane's pilot sunk up to his waist in another hidden crevasse.Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2012
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It is known for both its scenic beauty and technically difficult terrain that boasts crevasses, avalanche risk, changeable weather and glacier movement.Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
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In the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere, did Wim’s dad seem to find him pretty quickly, considering that that gulch was a long speeder bike ride away from home?Charlie Mason, TVLine, 6 Dec. 2024
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The skies are the star attraction at Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon, a new property set in a quiet gulch just 16 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon National Park.Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
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